December 13, 2011, 10:03 am
HOLLYWOOD -- Production studio The Traveling Picture Show Company (www.travelingpictureshow.tv) has launched in Los Angeles. Formed by producer Kevin Matusow, who will serve as CEO, director Chris Woods, partner Kate Bacon, and producer Carissa Buffel, the new company will pursue a multi-media model encompassing live-action commercials, long- and short-form documentary work, scripted and reality television programming and new media. The company plans to offer a slate of production...

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August 14, 2018, 9:31 am
VANCOUVER — The Autodesk Vision Series includes presentations and panels on the workflows, mastery and trends driving the year’s biggest blockbusters straight from the minds of Autodesk customers and thought leaders. Returning to SIGGRAPH for a fifth year, the 2018 Vision Series includes presentations by ILM, Netflix, Weta Digital, MPC, Image Engine and EA Sports, and will take place in room 224 at the Vancouver Convention Center.

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August 14, 2018, 6:11 am
VANCOUVER — At SIGGRAPH 2018, Nvidia (nvidia.com) announced its first Turing architecture-based GPUs, which allow artists to render photorealistic scenes in realtime, add new AI-based capabilities to their workflows, and enjoy fluid interactivity with complex models and scenes. Nvidia founder/CEO Jensen Huang introduced the new products, which include the Quadro RTXTM 8000, Quadro RTX 6000 and Quadro RTX 5000. Also announced at SIGGRAPH was the Quadro RTX Server, a reference architecture...

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August 13, 2018, 12:26 pm
NEW YORK — The diversity initiative Free the Bid (http://freethebid.com) is expanding its footprint to include a colorist category among its representation of women directors, directors of photography and editors. The move, which was done with the support of creative studio Ntropic, expands its mission to promote equal opportunities for women across the full production pipeline.

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August 10, 2018, 9:19 am
LOS ANGELES — Chaos Group (chaosgroup.com) has released the open beta for V-Ray for Houdini, bringing its Academy Award-winning rendering technology to every part of the VFX pipeline. With V-Ray for Houdini, artists can apply high-performance ray tracing to all of their creative projects, connecting standard applications like Autodesk’s 3ds Max and Maya and Foundry’s Katana and Nuke. Now, no matter where production artists are in the pipeline, they’ll be able to create and move asset...

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August 9, 2018, 9:21 am
NEW YORK CITY — Colorist Vincent Taylor has joined Chimney (www.chimneygroup.com) in New York City, coming to the studio from MPC Shanghai. Chimney has 14 offices in nine countries. Taylor brings years of color grading and cinematography experience.

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August 8, 2018, 4:33 pm
SECAUCUS, NJ — Panasonic has launched a free VariCam LUT Library that enables filmmakers to create a variety of looks with VariCam and EVA1 cinema cameras. The library contains 35 unique 3D Look Up Tables that were created by Panasonic and Local 600 DITs.

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August 2, 2018, 4:16 pm
NEW YORK CITY — Creative editorial house PS260 has launched their own creative content studio, called We Know The Future, which offers in-house production capabilities and advertising solutions across any channel that uses a screen. The offerings will be available in New York and Los Angeles. JJ Lask, PS260’s co-founder/partner/editor, is leading the new content studio from the company’s LA office, with support from all PS260 editors and staff across both offices.